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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon
Director of Community Development
DATE: October 3, 1989 'l
SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Proposed Fee Increase and Ordinance Amendment
for the Communitp 'Development Department
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMENDATIONS
Hold a Public Hearing on the attached proposed Community
Development Department Fee. Schedule Ordinance. At the conclusion
of the Hearing adopt the Ordinance.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The fee increase is ' requested .to lessen dependence on funds from
the County General Fund.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The Current Planning and Advanced Planning activities are supported
by application fees. In addition, County funds have also been used
to support the costs associated with these activities. In an
effort to minimize the County funds used, it is proposed that a fee
increase be adopted.
The Building Industry Association (BIA) has been advised of this
proposal. To lessen the impact of this fee increase, the up-front
application fees which support approximately half the costs will
not be affected; the 'back-end fee collected at the Building Permit
issuance will be increased thereby from the present level of 30% to
40%. By increasing the back-end fee, the developer will be paying
fees based only on that which has passed through the public hearing
process; fees will be collected as building permits are required
for sections or stages of large developments when construc ed.
CONTINUED ON ATTACERMT: YES SIGNATURE: '
RECO14KEMATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATI F BOA7 C 14MTTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON October 3. 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMPUMED _ OTHER x
This being the time for heretofore noticed for hearing before the
Board of Supervisors to consider a proposed Community Development
Department Fee Schedule Ordinance, the public hearing was opened and
no one appearing to testify, the public hearing was closed.
On recommendation of Supervisor Schroder, IT IS BY THE BOARD
ORDERED that the above recommendation is APPROVED and Ordinance No.
89-61 is ADOPTED.
During discussion of the above matter, Supervisor Torlakson
commented on issues of staffing, organization and cooperation within
the Community Development Department. He also advised that he would
be willing to meet with the County Administrator to discuss the issues
he had mentioned. He also suggested that he would be willing on behalf
of the Board to meet with the Building Industry Association when fees
are again an issue
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Therefore, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE BOARD that the issues of
staffing, coordination and organization of the Community Development
Department are REFERRED to the County Administrator and Community
Development Director.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Community Development ATTESTED October 3, 1989
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Counsel THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
DEPUTY
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ORDINANCE NO. 89-61
(Fees for Planning Services)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I: SUMMARY. This ordinance amends Section 26-2 . 2814 of
the County Ordinance Code to increase the Community Development
Department's building permit processing fee to $10 per permit or
40% of the building permit fees, whichever is greater, and apply
to services rendered prior to approval of land use entitlements .
SECTION II: Section 26-2. 2814 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended to read:
26-2 . 2814 Building permit process fee. The community
development department shall charge for those services rendered
prior to approval of land use entitlements and through occupancy,
in order to ensure compliance with all the conditions of project
approval. The fee will be ten dollars per permit or 40% of the
building permit fee, whichever is greater. The fee shall be
collected by the building inspection department at the time of
collection of other building permit fees .
(Ords . 89- 61 § 2, 87-18 § 2, 86-95 5 9 . )
SECTION III: EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective
60 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be
published once with the names of the supervisors voting for and
against it in the CONTRA COSTA TIMES , a
newspaper published in this County.
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PASSED ON October 3, 1989 by the following vote:
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AYES: Supervisors Schroder, McPeak and Torlakson
ORDINANCE NO. 89-61
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NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisors Powers and Fanden
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator
By: o
d uty Board Chair
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